wearing down by friction, erosion; rubbing; weakening by constant harassing or abuse
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Attrition Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
The state of being worn.
The state of being worn.
(n.)
The act of rubbing together; friction; the act of wearing by friction, or by rubbing substances together; abrasion.
The act of rubbing together; friction; the act of wearing by friction, or by rubbing substances together; abrasion.
(n.)
Grief for sin arising only from fear of punishment or feelings of shame. See Contrition.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutGrief for sin arising only from fear of punishment or feelings of shame. See Contrition.
attrition
\at*tri"tion\ (&?;), n. [l. attritio: cf. f. attrition.]
1. the act of rubbing together; friction; the act of wearing by friction, or by rubbing substances together; abrasion. effected by attrition of the inward stomach.
2. the state of being worn.
3. (theol.) grief for sin arising only from fear of punishment or feelings of shame. see contrition.
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rate of attrition
1.the act of weakening or exhausting by constant harassment or attack
2.a reduction in numbers generally as a result of resignation, retirement, or death
3.The wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice
4.Sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation other than love of god
attritional adj
eg:Some universties have a high rate of attrition because the students cannot afford the high tuition fee.
eg:It is not labor that kills, but the small attritions of daily routine that wear us down. -(Roy Bedicheck)
eg:We should not be lenient in our judgment because this opportunism is not just a manifestation of the attrition that has overcome the national liberation movement and the rise of parasitism. Rather, it is symptomatic of the demise of this movement before it has achieved its national objectives, a demise, moreover, that has taken the form of a moral degeneration reminiscent of the decadence that accompanied the collapse of empires, with the exception that here we are not talking about an empire, or even about a state, but rather about a lumpish entity under military occupation.(Al Ahram , 25 July 2002)
2.a reduction in numbers generally as a result of resignation, retirement, or death
3.The wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice
4.Sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation other than love of god
attritional adj
eg:Some universties have a high rate of attrition because the students cannot afford the high tuition fee.
eg:It is not labor that kills, but the small attritions of daily routine that wear us down. -(Roy Bedicheck)
eg:We should not be lenient in our judgment because this opportunism is not just a manifestation of the attrition that has overcome the national liberation movement and the rise of parasitism. Rather, it is symptomatic of the demise of this movement before it has achieved its national objectives, a demise, moreover, that has taken the form of a moral degeneration reminiscent of the decadence that accompanied the collapse of empires, with the exception that here we are not talking about an empire, or even about a state, but rather about a lumpish entity under military occupation.(Al Ahram , 25 July 2002)
Noun
1. erosion by friction
(synonym) abrasion, corrasion, detrition
(hypernym) erosion, eroding, eating away, wearing, wearing away
2. the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice
(synonym) grinding, abrasion, detrition
(hypernym) friction, rubbing
3. sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation
(synonym) contrition, contriteness
(hypernym) sorrow, regret, rue, ruefulness
4. a wearing down to weaken or destroy; "a war of attrition"
(hypernym) decrease, lessening, drop-off
5. the act of rubbing together; wearing something down by friction
(hypernym) friction, detrition, rubbing
Attrition Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries
(*) The reduction of the effectiveness of a force caused by loss of personnel and materiel.
Source: U.S. Department of Defense, Joint Doctrine Division. ( About )Attrition Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
The rubbing of one particle against another in a resin bed; frictional wear that will affect the site of resin particles.
Attrition Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Attrition may refer to:
- Physical wear
- Attrition warfare, the military strategy of wearing down the enemy by continual losses in personnel and material
- Loss of personnel by Withdrawal (military)
- Attrition (medicine, epidemiology), the loss of participants during an experiment
- Attrition (dental), the loss of tooth structure by mechanical forces from opposing teeth
- Attrition (weathering), the wearing away of rocks in the sea
- Imperfect contrition, also known as attrition, in Catholic theology
- Customer attrition, a business term used to describe loss of clients or customers
- Language attrition, the loss of a first or second language or a portion of that language by either a community or an individual
- War of Attrition, a limited war fought between Egypt and Israel from 1968 to 1970
- Employees leaving a company to join somewhere else
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Attrition Definition from Society & Culture Dictionaries & Glossaries
Wearing or grinding down of a substance by friction. Dust from such processes contributes to air pollution.
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Wearing or grinding down of a substance by friction. Dust from such processes contributes to air pollution.
Attrition Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
noun
wearing away, as may be caused by friction; examination showed attrition of two extensor tendons
wearing away, as may be caused by friction; examination showed attrition of two extensor tendons
